Political Quotes

“I wanted to ask the Senator from North Dakota a question, if I could. I see she has been out here with an actual display. It is quite amazing that we have to go to this level to bring up an issue about jobs in our economy, but I admire the dedication of the Senator from North Dakota in saying how important it is because we are about to go home for another summer recess here in a few weeks and everybody thought last year we were passing legislation that was going to secure America's place in a global economy by making sure that products we make can be sold in overseas markets. The secret is, though, that there are now 30 transactions worth more than $20 billion that aren't getting done simply because one Senator refuses to let a nominee out of the committee. So one Senator is holding up the sale of a product of which Senator Heitkamp has a replica on her desk. They are holding up the sale of airplanes, and they are holding up the sale of other products all because they don't want to have a functioning board. We are here to ask our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to help us break this logjam so we can sell export products. I was curious to ask the Senator from North Dakota because she was mentioning how these transactions are happening now; that is, people are deciding to move. Mr.…”